Yesterday morning in Tampa, hundreds of local Vietnamese gathered in a ceremony where the City of Tampa officially recognized The emblem of South Vietnam- the heritage and Freedom Flag - as the official symbol of the Vietnamese-American community.

In 1975, communist forces of North Vietnam won VietnamÃ¢â¬â¢s Civil War and adopted the Community PartyÃ¢â¬â¢s red flag with a yellow star as the official emblem of the nation.
But for millions of South Vietnamese who fled the nation, they h...

INTRO:Emotions were mixed at a meeting Saturday hosted by Tarpon Springs Congressman Mike Bilirakis. The Town meeting presented evidence by the Environmental Protection Agency which backs a controversial Ã¢â¬ÅMound and CapÃ¢â¬? solution to the Stauffer Chemical superfund site near Tarpon Springs. The Community watchdog group Pi-Pa-Tag, the Pinellas-Pasco Technical Advisory Group funded by the federal Superfund program, brought up continueing problems which address sinkhole activity and gro...

POV opens the season on PBS with the film, "Farmingville" directed by Catherine Tambini and Carlos Sandoval. The film deals with the effects of undocumented workers in a small community on Long Island. It focuses on this wave of immigration and "hypergrowth destinations" -- how a community responds to this, particularly from the perspective of 3 women.

The film will be shown on WEDU Sunday, June 27 at 11:30 pm. There is much additional information and the ability to interact on the webs...

Fahrenheit 9-11, the new film by director Michael Moore which explores the monetary gains made by President Bush, his cabinet and friends from the war on Iraq and paints that war as being fought by poor Americans for the profit of defense contractors, opens today in theatres nationwide. Fahrenheit 9-11 opens with a scene from FloridaÃ¢â¬âAl Gore and his supporters celebrating an apparent election night victory, which would later be called into question.

At their state convention earlier this year, the Florida Green Party was roughly split between those delegates who didnÃ¢â¬â¢t think the Party should nominate ANYBODY this year, vs. those who supported Ralph Nader to be their standard bearer.

In Milwaukee, there has been much discussed regarding the dividing philosophies of the 2 major candidatesÃ¢â¬Â¦..David Cobb says he wants to transform the Greens into a potent force in American politics. And the way to accomplish that, he says, is...

According to a poll released yesterday, Florida voters overwhelmingly oppose the opening of voter-registration records.

CNN, U.S. Senator. Bill Nelson and many newspapers in the state have filed suit in Leon County Circuit Court , challenging the state law that forbids general release of a list of people who may be stricken from the voter rolls because they're believed to be felons. The state Division of Elections sent lists of possible felons to all 67 counties for elections supervisors t...

At todayÃ¢â¬â¢s city council meeting, the Tampa city council heard a report back from its key staff retreat, where a vision statement was created for the city of Tampa: Tampa will be recognized as a diverse progressive city, celebrated as the most desirable place to work play learn and live. As they do most every week, the citizens of Tampa challenged the council to live up to this statement. WMNFÃ¢â¬â¢s Andrew Stelzer was at city hall and filed this report.

Earlier this month, former Tampa City Councilman Bob Buckhorn announced his entry into the race for the Democratic nomination for Hillsborough County Commission, District 6 -the seat that Jan Platt is stepping down from this November.

Tonight WMNF interviews 2 men who are also vying to replace Jan Platt.

Ed Austin is a Democrat running against Bob Buckhorn this August....WMNF referenced the recent discussion on an Anti-Nudity Ordinance resolution that went down to defeat earli...